Four engravings on one plate showing citizens of ‘Carie’ on the Turkish mainland. This plate is from Volume I of Choiseul-Gouffier’s Voyage Pittoresque, a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean and an account of his tour (with the artist, J.B. Hilaire) of Greece, the Greek islands, and the coast ...

Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 31 / 8 x 12

A charming rural scene showing a cottage and a group of women with their children, surrounded by birds and three pigs. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the Greek ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 24.5 / 14½ x 9½

A striking scene showing the author’s own reception in the palatial home of Hassan Tchaousch-Oglou. The host and his son sit imposingly beside their two guests, in a raised part of the room. They are attended by servants offering them refreshments, and a large host of onlookers. In 1776 ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 25.5 / 14½ x 10

A very pretty pair of black and white engravings. On the left is a domestic scene depicting the island’s Bourgeoisie - a woman sits knitting with her older daughter on one side and her baby asleep in a cradle on the other. On the right two servants from the island are shown on a hill overlooking ...

Dimensions (W x H): 33.5 x 21 / 13 x 8½

A lovely pair of engravings of islanders. The top showing two men, a woman and child by the sea in Naxos, the bottom showing two women inside a house in Tine.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 33.5 / 9 x 13

A lovely pair of engravings showing natives in their traditional costume. Obtaining the top one of Albanian soldiers, presented a challenge for Choiseul-Gouffier because of the Islamic prohibition of images. Indeed one of the soldiers told him that “for all the gold in the world, he would not ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

Four engravings on one plate showing citizens of ‘Carie’ on the Turkish mainland - three of armed men and the last of a woman. In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic survey of the Mediterranean. Volume I of Voyage Pittoresque, his account of their tour of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 20.5 x 31 / 8 x 12

A pair of engravings - the top showing a group of travellers with their horses resting by the imposing mountain at St. Etienne. The bottom engraving shows details of two classical statues, a colonnade and part of a tomb.In 1776 Choiseul-Gouffier and the artist J.B. Hilaire joined a cartographic ...

Dimensions (W x H): 22.5 x 33.5 / 9 x 13